For 1.8.16 release (#1501)

* Update whats_new.rst with release notes.

* Manually apply recent dependabot upgrades.

* Removed some lingering references to Python3.8+ (including conda-environment.yml)

.github/workflows/doc-qa.yaml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # Spellcheck
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       -   name: "Checkout"
-          uses: actions/checkout@v3
+          uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       -   name: "Create cache dir"
           run: mkdir .cache

.github/workflows/lint.yaml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Pylint
     steps:
       - name: checkout git
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Setup conda

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Set up Docker Buildx
       if: steps.changes.outputs.docker == 'true'
-      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
+      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
 
     - name: Cache Docker layers
       if: steps.changes.outputs.docker == 'true'
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ jobs:
       if: |
         github.event_name == 'push'
         && github.ref == 'refs/heads/develop'
-      uses: docker/login-action@v2
+      uses: docker/login-action@v3
       with:
         username: ${{ env.DOCKER_USER }}
         password: ${{ secrets.GADOCKERSVC_PASSWORD }}
 
     - name: Build Docker
-      uses: docker/build-push-action@v4
+      uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
       with:
         file: docker/Dockerfile
         context: .
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
         github.event_name == 'push'
         && github.ref == 'refs/heads/develop'
         && steps.changes.outputs.docker == 'true'
-      uses: docker/build-push-action@v4
+      uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
       with:
         file: docker/Dockerfile
         context: .

.github/workflows/test-conda-build.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Cache conda
         uses: actions/cache@v3

README.rst

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ System
 ~~~~~~
 
 -  PostgreSQL 10+
--  Python 3.8+
+-  Python 3.9+
 
 Developer setup
 ===============
@@ -74,17 +74,17 @@ Developer setup
 5. Run unit tests + PyLint
 
 Install test dependencies using:
-   
+
    ``pip install --upgrade -e '.[test]'``
 
 If install for these fails, please lodge them as issues.
-   
+
 Run unit tests with:
 
    ``./check-code.sh``
 
    (this script approximates what is run by GitHub Actions. You can
-   alternatively run ``pytest`` yourself). 
+   alternatively run ``pytest`` yourself).
 
 6. **(or)** Run all tests, including integration tests.
 

conda-environment.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ channels:
   - defaults
 dependencies:
   - pip
-  - python >=3.8
+  - python >=3.9
   - setuptools
   - setuptools_scm >=3.4
   - toml

docs/about/whats_new.rst

@@ -7,15 +7,20 @@ What's New
 
 v1.8.next
 =========
+
+v1.8.16 (17th October 2023)
+===========================
 - Improve error message for mismatch between dataset metadata and product signature (:pull:`1472`)
-- Mark ``--confirm-ignore-lineage``, ``--auto-add-lineage``, and ``--verify-lineage`` as deprecated or to be deprecated (:pull:`1472`)
+- Mark ``--confirm-ignore-lineage``, ``--auto-add-lineage``, and ``--verify-lineage`` as deprecated
+  or to be deprecated (:pull:`1472`)
 - Default delta values in ``archive_less_mature`` and ``find_less_mature`` (:pull:`1472`)
 - Fix SQLAlchemy calls and pin jsonschema version to suppress deprecation warnings (:pull:`1476`)
 - Throw a better error if a dataset is not compatible with ``archive_less_mature`` logic (:pull:`1491`)
 - Fix broken Github action workflow (:pull:`1496`)
 - Support ``like=<GeoBox>`` in virtual product ``load`` (:pull:`1497`)
 - Don't archive less mature if archive_less_mature is provided as `False` instead of `None` (:pull:`1498`)
 - Raise minimum supported Python version to 3.9 (:pull:`1500`)
+- Manually apply Dependabot updates, and update whats_new.rst for 1.8.16 release (:pull:`1501`)
 
 v1.8.15 (11th July 2023)
 ========================